circumventio

Latin

Etymology

From circumveniō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈu̯en.ti.oː/, [kɪrkʊmˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈven.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈvɛnt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

circumventiō f (genitive circumventiōnis); third declension

1. fraud, trickery
2. circumvention

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circumventiō	circumventiōnēs
Genitive	circumventiōnis	circumventiōnum
Dative	circumventiōnī	circumventiōnibus
Accusative	circumventiōnem	circumventiōnēs
Ablative	circumventiōne	circumventiōnibus
Vocative	circumventiō	circumventiōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: circonvenzione
• Portuguese: circunvenção

References

• “circumventio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumventio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.